Honor Among Thieves.

The article provides an overview of cybersecurity and hacking activities through DEF CON, a computer hacker convention. It states the observations made by the author as related by a former student he calls "Major X," who recently became a presenter at DEF CON. According to the author, DEF CON has a...

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Publicado en:Computer (00189162) Vol. 42; no. 12; pp. 12 - 16
Autor principal: Grier, David Alan
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: IEEE Dec2009
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